-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CfP for the HICSS-46 minitrack on Designing and Deploying Next Generation Knowledge Systems and Knowledge-Intensive Business Processes Datum: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:00:49 +0200 Von: Stefan.Smolnik@ebs.edu An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

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************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS Forty-Sixth Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-46) January 7 - 10, 2013 (Monday-Thursday) Grand Walea on Maui (http://www.grandwailea.com http://www.grandwailea.com/)

Track: Knowledge Systems Minitrack: Designing and Deploying Next Generation Knowledge Systems and Knowledge-Intensive Business Processes

The objective of this minitrack is to contribute to the body of knowledge that helps academics and practitioners to * design, deploy, and evaluate next generation knowledge systems, * explore and leverage appropriate project management methods and tools for designing and deploying knowledge systems, and * study changing organizational knowledge processes and structures.

Work systems and the knowledge systems enabling them need to be aligned with emerging technologies to ensure organizational acceptance and to support effective organizational value creation. Traditional, often monolithic knowledge system architectures need to be redesigned due to technological progress manifested by, for example, social media, social networking sites, mashups, semantic technologies, and ubiquitous information and communication technologies. In our view, these redesigns lead to a new class of knowledge systems that we call "Next Generation Knowledge Systems." Furthermore, project management involved in the design and deployment of knowledge systems differs from the project management involved in traditional information systems projects. Examples abound in the literature about knowledge systems deployment efforts that failed because (1) the business cultures did not encourage and reinforce knowledge sharing and (2) the necessary organizational change could not be implemented. Such failures could often have been avoided if (1) more balanced efforts between the design and deployment of knowledge systems had been implemented and (2) the design and deployment efforts had been managed through coordinated design and deployment projects. Deployment projects have a crucial role in implementing organizational and social changes. Yet, deployment is often considered only as a phase in larger design-driven projects. Eventually, more and more workplaces are being taken over by young, computer-savvy employees who see technology as an integral part of their life. These so-called "Digital Natives" change the way in which knowledge management and collaboration within and across organizations take place. They follow the "instant-on" mentality to adapt and use modern communication tools such as Facebook and Twitter, which were originally not designed for the workplace, and mobile phones in innovative ways wherever they are during on- and off-work hours. Thus, digital natives draw upon and contribute to organizational and societal change processes by adapting and deploying next generation knowledge systems in organizational knowledge processes and structures.

Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting papers to this minitrack are encouraged to explore (1) the design, evaluation and deployment of next generation knowledge systems that integrate emerging technologies like social media, mashups, ubiquitous IT; (2) project management methods and tools involved in the design and deployment of such knowledge systems; and/or (3) changing organizational knowledge processes and structures due to the use of these technologies. We welcome an integrative view spanning the entire life-cycle of knowledge systems â?? from knowledge systems design through deployment to retirement..

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to: * Methodologies, tools, processes, and technologies for developing knowledge systems * Management of design and deployment projects of knowledge systems * Empirical studies of designing and using knowledge systems * Systems design for social knowledge creation and use (e.g. social media system architectures) * Incorporating and/or integrating knowledge services and mashups, social media, Web 2.0, cloud computing, and/or ubiquitous technologies in knowledge systems * The design, evaluation, and/or use of processes, semantic technologies, knowledge retrieval and representation methods, and/or systems to map, track, and/or visualize social networks and/or work systems in order to facilitate knowledge creation and sharing and quick problem solving (e.g., when unexpected coordination breakdowns emerge) * Co-design of organizational work systems and knowledge systems * Design processes and representations for designing work systems and knowledge systems * The role of organizational digital natives in the design and use of knowledge systems * Design science and design theory research in knowledge systems design and deployment * Kernel (reference) theories for knowledge systems design and deployment (e.g., theories for individual, team, and organizational learning) * Knowledge management processes and business process lifecycle * Frameworks and strategies for knowledge management and business process management integration at the business and technical levels * Knowledge processes and their impact on business process management technology implementation success * Knowledge management issues created by organizational implementations of business process management technologies (ERP, workflow and SOA-based systems) * Knowledge management issues in complex inter-organizational business processes * Knowledge-intensive process adoption in creative and agile business processes * Business process design and improvement as a set of coordinated collaborative knowledge management processes * Knowledge process modeling and management

Co-chairs: Timo Käkölä Department of Computer Science and Information Systems University of Jyväskylä 40014, FINLAND Email: timokk<at>jyu.fi WWW: http://users.jyu.fi/~timokk/ http://users.jyu.fi/%7Etimokk/

Stefan Smolnik Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS) EBS Business School Konrad-Adenauer-Ring 15, 65187 Wiesbaden, Germany Phone: +49 611 7102 2177 Fax: +49 611 7102 102177 Email: stefan.smolnik<at>ebs.edu WWW: http://www.ebs.edu/iris

HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library.

Important 2012 Deadlines for Authors: * From now to June 1 [Optional]: Prepare Abstracts. Then, contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content. * June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review as instructed (http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/HICSS46AuthorInstructions.htm). The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names. * Aug 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees â?? including visa or your organization's fiscal funding procedures â?? should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss https://precisionconference.com/%7Ehicss. * Sept 15: SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.) * Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2. * Oct 15: Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office.

How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions to be posted by February 1, 2012, on the conference web site (http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm). * HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process. * Abstracts are optional, but strongly recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content. * Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) â?? see names and contact information at http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/46contact.htmfor determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting. * Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15.

Additional details may be found on HICSS primary website: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/

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